• Please make sure that you have a full passport with at least 6 months validity, and that there are sufficient empty pages for the visa and any associated immigration stamps. 
  Your visa should be valid for the period of your stay in the Russian Federation
  
• Avoid arriving at the ground inebriated as you may be refused entry
  
• Do not become involved with drugs during your visit. The Russian authorities have a zero tolerance attitude towards drugs, both hard and soft.  Penalties are severe and can result in long-term jail sentences
  
• Do not drink or smoke in Red Square.  It is illegal and you will be arrested.
  
• Read the FCO travel advice on Russia.  This can be found at www.fco.gov.uk
  
• Carry your passport at all times.  You may be stopped in the street by police and need to produce it as ID.
  
• If you are staying for longer than three days the hotel should register your visa and passport with the authorities when you check in
  
• You will have to complete a migration card on arrival.  One half should be surrendered to the immigration officer, the other half you must retain with your passport for the duration of your stay.  It should be handed over on leaving Moscow
  
• Be vigilant when drinking alcohol – do not leave drinks unattended as they may be spiked.  Be aware of strangers offering to buy you drinks (avoid bars at railway stations).
  
• Safeguard your wallet and passport.  Be aware of pickpockets in metro stations, bars and Red Square.
  
• Anyone wishing to apply for a visa for the Russian Federation should consult the following website and follow the instructions corresponding with the purpose of their visit http://ru.vfsglobal.co.uk
  Applications should be submitted at the Visa Application Centre which is located at 15-27 Gee Street, London, EC1V 3RD
  Applications can be accepted Monday – Friday between 0830 and 1500.
  Passports can be collected between 1530 and 1630 Monday - Friday
  
• Note the numbers listed below can only be dialled from a landline
  Police  01
  Fire 02
  Ambulance 03
  

Accommodation and travel information

The Luzhniki Stadium (24, Luzhnetskaya Naberezhnaya) is located in the Khamovniki district of Moscow, just southwest of the city centre. The nearest metro station is Sportivnaya (red line).
Website: http://www.luzhniki.ru/

Directions to the Luzhniki Stadium from Domodedovo International Airport (DME)

If you arrive to Domodedovo International Airport (DME), you can choose the most convenient   transport for you to get to Paveletsky railway station (metro station Paveletskaya) in Moscow among the following options:

Aeroexpress train

Aeroexpress train is a comfortable high-speed train that goes non-stop from Domodedovo airport to Moscow, Paveletsky railway station (metro station Paveletskaya) every hour.
Time of journey: 40-50 minutes.
Fare: 250 roubles
Web-site:  http://www.domodedovo.ru/en/main/getting/1/aero/1/

Commuter Train

This train goes from Domodedovo to Moscow, Paveletsky station with all stops en route.
Time of journey: 1 hour 10 minutes.
Fare: 84 roubles
Web-site: http://www.domodedovo.ru/en/main/getting/1/train/

To get to the Luzhniki Stadium form Paveletskaya railway station, go to Paveletskaya metro station, take the brown line (Koltsevaya/Circle line) and then change at Park Kultury metro station (3 stops form Paveletskaya) to the red line (Sokolnichskaya line), and get off at Sportivnaya (2 stops form Park Kultury metro station).

Directions to the Luzhniki Stadium from Sheremetyevo International Airport (SVO)

If you arrive at Sheremetyevo International Airport (SVO), you can choose the most convenient  transport for you to get to Moscow among the following options:

Aeroexpress train
Aeroexpress train is a comfortable high-speed train that goes non-stop from Sheremetyevo airport to Moscow, Belorussky railway station (metro station Belorusskaya) every hour or half an hour.
Time of journey: 35 minutes.
Fare: 250 roubles
To get to the Luzhniki Stadium form Belorusskaya metro station, take the green line (Zamoskvoretskaya line) and then change at Teatralnaya metro station (3 stops form Belorusskaya) to the red line (Okhotny Ryad metro station, Sokolnichskaya line), and get off at Sportivnaya (5 stops form Okhotny Ryad metro station).

Buses
Bus №851 C (express) leaves from Sheremetyevo airport to Rechnoy vokzal metro station daily from 07:30am till 09:05pm every 20 minutes.
From Rechnoy vokzal metro station to Sheremetyevo airport daily from 06:30am till 08:05pm every 20 minutes.
Time of journey: 30-40 minutes
Fare: 25 rub
Bus №815 from Sheremetyevo airport to Rechnoy vokzal metro station daily from 5:35am till 00:49 every  9–30 minutes.
Time of journey: 30-40 minutes
Fare: 25 rub

Shuttles
Shuttles №48 and №200M from Sheremetyevo airport to Rechnoy vokzal metro station daily from 6:45am till 21:45 every 30–40 minutes.
Time of journey: 30-40 minutes
Fare: 60 rub

To get to the Luzhniki Stadium form RechnoyVokzal metro station, take the green line (Zamoskvoretskaya line) and then change at Teatralnaya metro station (9 stops form Rechnoy Vokzal) to the red line (Okhotny Ryad metro station, Sokolnichskaya line), and get off at Sportivnaya (5 stops form Okhotny Ryad metro station).

To get to the Luzhniki Stadium from the British Embassy, go to Smolenskaya metro station,
take the light blue line, then change at Aleksandrovsky Sad (2 stops from Smolenskaya)
onto the red line, and get off at Sportivnaya (4 stops from Biblioteka Lenina).